Similar Psychological Films
The Machinist
The film The Machinist is a psychological thriller about a man who believes he hasn't slept for a year. It is similar to our film The Forgotten Truth as Damian believes his girlfriend is alive and well. A lot of this film has a dark setting created by making the film look more grey and adding in natural colours to make the character look more pale.
One review on IMDB says `There are many good things about The Machinist that are well deserving of praise. The very atmospheric nature of the film is supported very strongly by excellent performances all around. Christian Bale takes things to the extreme in his embodiment of his character. It is hard to take seeing him in his near-starvation body mass, which elevates the tension of this piece even further. The storyline leaves a little to be desired. While it creates its mood excellently, it does tend to plod along a little too much.` This was wrote by Author: Surecure from Canada
I agree with what he is saying as I have watched this film myself. It does set the mood/ intensity of the film excellently and very quickly from when all the drama starts but, I find that in places it can be hard to follow and more on the lines of a horror film than a thriller.
This film has a rating of 7.7 on IMDB.
The Shining
This 1980s version of a psychological thriller film is more how I as the audience imagine psychological thrillers to be. What I mean by this is that it is not as tense or graphic and yet has a simple but affective storyline. The Shining is a very popular film it is the main characters decent into madness that really brings this film to life.
A review on IMDB says `The Shining is actually two films in one, both a comedy AND a horror flick. Ghostly apparitions of a strikingly menacing nature haunt much of the first half of the film, which gradually evolve into ever more serious physical threats as time progresses. Be that as it may, there is surprisingly little violence given the apparent intensity, but that is little comfort for the feint of heart as much of the terror is more implied than manifested.` This was writing by Author: us012862 from USA.
The Shining scares its audience by using a combination of scary music with sound affects and by playing on the audiences knowledge about the hotel and what lurks there.
The Shining got a rating of 8.5 on IMDB
Black Swan
Black Swan is a recently released psychological thriller and it has a very intriguing storyline which is similar to the storyline of The Forgotten Truth. This film has a creepy feel to it which is created by the ballet music from the musical Black Swan and having the film not appear to the audience in full chronological order.
A source on IMDB says `Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan is an examination of obsession. Obsession for beauty, fame, and above all, perfection. We are shown glimpses of its splendour, only to be consumed by the ugliness and harsh reality that is the world of professional ballet.` wrote by Author: moviemanMA from Massachusetts.
This thriller is more about what real life professional dancers go through to get to the top and how hard they are pushed in life to succeed. It becomes a psychological thriller when the main character starts to crack under the pressure but is able to keep it to herself (bottle it up) so others don't notice. The hidden message to me in this film is that if your feeling under pressure or believe that something is happening to tell someone and get the help you may need.
This film got a rating of 8.0 on IMDB
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